Improvement in suspender-fastenings



.M ,W @J we, ndert tant @met @time WENDELLWRIGHT, or BLooMrIELD, NEW'JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 84,042, dated November 10, 1868.

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The Schedulev referred `to in these Ifettexs Patent and making part of the lame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WENDELL WRIGHT, of Bloomeld, in the county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented a n ew and i m proved SuspenderFastener; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artv to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication.

This invention relatesto a new and improved suspender-fastening, and is designed to supersede the ordinary flexible stlaps provided with button-holes to lit over buttons on the pantaloons, and retain thev latter in a proper elevated state on the wearer.

The invention consists of metallic vclamps connected with the buckles of the suspenders, in such a manner that they may be readily connected to and disconnected from the buckles, the clamps holding both pants and drawers in a proper elevated state.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings- Figure 1 is a View of my invention shown applied or in use.

Figure 2, an enlarged vertical section of the saine.

Similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts.-

A represents the buckle of a suspender, which is provided with a`metallic pendent portion, a., bent in hook-form at its lower end, as shown at b a spring or elastic plate, c, being attached to the upper partof a, extending down and pressing against the inner side of the upper part of the hook, as showncl'early in iig. 2, the Whole forming a combined snap-hook and buckle:

B represents a clamp, or, in fact, two clamps, composed of two metal strips dd. placed side by side, and

bent in such a manner that the clamp portions with opposite oblique positions, as shown in iig. l, the two strips', being connected at their central portions by a collar, j, to-admit of the clamps being readily opened spurs or points g attached, as shown clearly in liig. 2, and rings h h encircle the clamps, in order to keep them closed or in contact with the pants and drawers, when .fitted over the tops -of the same, the spurs or points g penetlatin g the aforesaid garments.

' These clamps are fitted on the snap-hooks of the buckles, and it is designed to let theclamps remain on the pants or drawers, the former being slipped oi' from the snap-hooks when the wearer wishes to take oii the garment.

By this improvement, both the pants and the drawers may be properly held in an elevated state on the wearer, and the device is-durable, there being no button-holes to tear out, nor buttons to become detached. The invention also may be constructed at a moderate cost.

Having described my invention,

I '-elaim as new, .and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A The double clamps B, having teeth on their inner faces, and provided with slides h, said clamps being hinged togetherby the collar f, and removably attached to the buckle A by means of a snap-hook, a C b, formed on the latter, all constructed and alianged substantially as herein shown and desclibed.

Y WENDELL WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MNAMARA, 1 ALEX. F. onn'rs. f

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